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Bach Keyboard Partitas, Volume 1

Mindful of other pianists whose Bach interpretations have been highly praised in the USA, I approached this one (a young...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1997

Pepping St Matthew Passion

In the English-speaking world, the name of Ernst Pepping can be known only to a small number of people of...

Reviewed by pmarchbank in issue: 9/1992

Mozart (4) Horn Concertos

Yet another excellent record of the Mozart horn concertos from another excellent British soloist with a fluent lyrical style, especially...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1987

Monteverdi L'incoronazione di Poppea

A word first about presentation, which is particularly important where this opera is concerned. Ivor Bolton contributes a brief note...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2000

Polish String Quartets

This issue is important for the two Szymanowski quartets rather than the newer Polish works. The Lutoslawski was written in...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1989

Sir Thomas Beecham in Montreal

It is sad that Sir Thomas Beecham, as a performer if not as a commentator, was largely ignored by the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2003

D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

This generously filled Scarlatti recital by Mark Swartzentruber is crisp and enlivening, without a trace of the distorting idiosyncrasy of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2000

Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence

''Djong Victorin Yu has come to London via Eastern Europe'', says the booklet, but he is originally from South Korea...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1994

Schoenberg Piano Concerto etc

This programme might have been put together with an eye to avoiding any direct competition. No harm in that, but...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/2001

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 3 and 8

Vänskä’s Eroica comes to us primed for battle – an energetic, resilient, well drilled performance with surfaces of polished steel....

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2006

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